# Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Carolina

Total employment (jobs, BEA) in South Carolina was 3,245,739 jobs in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

- Indicator id: `total_employment_jobs`
- Place id: `us-state-45`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average annual number of full-time and part-time jobs located in a place, wage and salary jobs plus proprietors (self-employed and partners), farm and nonfarm. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 7010, nation and states.
- Note: Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice, and jobs are counted where they are, not where the worker lives. Broader than oews_employment, which leaves out the self-employed and farm workers. BEA stopped publishing county employment after 2022, so there is no county level.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested, no implied BEA endorsement)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. SAINC4: personal income and employment by major component, total employment (number of jobs), United States and states. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SAINC.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/total-employment-jobs/south-carolina
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=total_employment_jobs&place=us-state-45

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 3,245,739 |
| 2024 | 3,229,127 |
| 2023 | 3,131,587 |
| 2022 | 3,059,557 |
| 2021 | 2,940,247 |
| 2020 | 2,827,066 |
| 2019 | 2,883,828 |
| 2018 | 2,844,866 |
| 2017 | 2,759,989 |
| 2016 | 2,700,808 |
| 2015 | 2,636,714 |
| 2014 | 2,564,238 |
| 2013 | 2,501,117 |
| 2012 | 2,453,323 |
| 2011 | 2,427,453 |
| 2010 | 2,357,679 |
| 2009 | 2,367,944 |
| 2008 | 2,472,467 |
| 2007 | 2,482,361 |
| 2006 | 2,418,647 |
| 2005 | 2,356,325 |
| 2004 | 2,305,699 |
| 2003 | 2,263,806 |
| 2002 | 2,248,075 |
| 2001 | 2,256,571 |
| 2000 | 2,279,819 |
| 1999 | 2,240,690 |
| 1998 | 2,191,440 |
| 1997 | 2,140,787 |
| 1996 | 2,080,349 |
| 1995 | 2,038,053 |
| 1994 | 1,978,983 |
| 1993 | 1,931,459 |
| 1992 | 1,897,465 |
| 1991 | 1,886,170 |
| 1990 | 1,912,747 |
| 1989 | 1,858,308 |
| 1988 | 1,809,013 |
| 1987 | 1,738,122 |
| 1986 | 1,697,186 |
| 1985 | 1,655,111 |
| 1984 | 1,624,992 |
| 1983 | 1,547,496 |
| 1982 | 1,513,855 |
| 1981 | 1,536,244 |
| 1980 | 1,523,489 |
| 1979 | 1,507,001 |
| 1978 | 1,466,342 |
| 1977 | 1,411,204 |
| 1976 | 1,376,441 |
| 1975 | 1,326,160 |
| 1974 | 1,364,918 |
| 1973 | 1,327,545 |
| 1972 | 1,261,975 |
| 1971 | 1,214,524 |
| 1970 | 1,195,991 |
| 1969 | 1,170,440 |